Simple Children's Recipes

As we all know, Santa has a lot of houses to visit on Christmas Eve across the world and in each house there is always a little treat for him to enjoy! With treats varying from chocolate chip cookies to mince pies, wouldn't it be nice to give Santa a healthy option in your home to help boost his energy as he travels from house to house?

Below is a simple recipe shared with me by The Cool Food School that you can do yourself and the great thing is, there is no need for any baking so they are ready in no time (and some extras for you to do a taste test!)

Ingredients

100g (1 Cup) of Rolled Oats

450g (2 Cups) tightly packed diced pitted dates (you could substitute with raisins, sultanas or apricots but the dates work best as they are sticky)

75g (3/4 Cup) of finely grated Carrot

70g (1 Cup) Unsweetened Coconut

1 tsp Cinnamon

1/4 tsp of sea salt

Dash of Vanilla (Optional)

Method

Blend the oats a few times in your food processor or with handheld blender to break them down a little further

Add the rest of the ingredients and mix together with your blender until it forms a thick dough like mix

Once mixed use a scoop or spoon to take out a small amount of mix to roll into small bite size balls. the mixture will make approximately 21 balls depending on the size.

Once they are made, store in an airtight container so that they are at the ready when you are getting things in place for Santa before going to bed.

I hope that you have fun making these for Santa and they pass your taste test too! If you try this recipe, I would love to hear how you get on. You can tag your pictures on Facebook, Instagram or Twitter pages.